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Jonathan Arkell




I'm doing 10 things
  

How I did it
How to make an ajax front-end
It took me
1 day
It made me

How I did it: I Rolled my own Ajax layer, instead of using an off-the-shelf solution like jQuery or Prototype.  I learnt a lot about Javascripts programming model (Functional, and Prototype OO) as well as some more about the HTTP transport layer.  Made me a much better web developer. Read how I did it…

Nov 10, 03:29PM PST | 2 comments


Recent entries
write more music (read all 3 entries…)
New Gear! 4 years ago

I just finished building my x0xb0x. Hopefully this new piece of gear can be an inspiration. June 25th, the date of my next Live PA is rapidly approching…

Jun 09, 2005, 11:02AM PDT | 0 comments


build my webb app 'Fuchi' (read all 2 entries…)
Got the basics down... 4 years ago

I have the basics all done up. Now I just have to stop dicking about with AJAX and accomplish something, and I’ll be fine.

Hopefully in a couple of days I’ll have a public alpha.

May 17, 2005, 11:07AM PDT | 0 comments


Make backups (read all 7 entries…)
Full Backup complete 4 years ago

I have a full backup of all important files. Finally.

Later, the drive that I am backing up to will be RAID’ed. Then life will be super cool.

I’ve also gone from weekly backups to nightly backups instead.

May 11, 2005, 10:50AM PDT | 0 comments


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s56wry wants to Read the Dictionary grow up improve my spanish get my car fixed get a massage become a father make a difference Learn to surf write a novel stop being shy pray more be more confident Dennis wants to learn a new language get my driver's license procrastinate less make a collage keep my house clean Learn more about everything Learn to speak Spanish learn how to drive stick-shift Photography Get a library card go to France Be an animator chase a tornado Save money have more energy
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